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Ovomaltine

Ovomaltine

From: L'Illustration (Issue 4329) 20 February 1926

Ovomaltine 2

From: L'Illustration (Issue No 4325) 23 January 1926

Ovomaltine

Ovaltine was developed in Berne, Switzerland, where it is known by its original name, Ovomaltine (from ovum, Latin for "egg", and malt, originally its main ingredients). Soon after invention the factory moved out to the village of Neuenegg a few kilometers west of Berne, where it is still produced.

Ovomaltine was exported to Britain in 1909; it was a misspelling in the trademark registration that led to the name being shortened to Ovaltine in English-speaking markets. A factory was built in Kings Langley which exported to the United States as well. By 1915 Ovaltine was being manufactured in Villa Park, Illinois, for the US market. Originally advertised as consisting solely of "malt, milk, eggs, flavored with cocoa", the formulation has changed over the decades, and today several formulations are sold in different parts of the world.

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Cacao Suchard

Cacao Suchard

From: Femina (Issue No 220) 15 March 1910

Cacao Suchard (2)

From: L'Illustration (Issue No 3520) 13 August 1910

Suchard

Chocolat Suchard is a Swiss chocolate company founded in 1825 by Philippe Suchard. It is currently part of Kraft Foods.Suchard was born in 1797 in Boudry. According to the memoirs of his sister Rosalie, he became aware of the potentialities of chocolate manufacturing as an industry at the very early age of about twelve. To fulfill his dream, six years later he started as an apprentice in his brother Frédéric's Konditorei in Bern. In 1824 he left Switzerland to visit the United States. At the end of the year he returned and opened a confectioner's business in Neuchâtel. In 1826, Suchard opened the factory of Chocolat Suchard in Serrières. He used hydropower of the nearby river to run the mills in his two-man factory. Suchard used a grinding mill consisting of a heated granite plate, and several granite rollers moving forwards and backwards. This design is still used to grind cocoa paste.

Bensdorp

Cacao Bensdorp

Bensdorp

Bensdorp is a cocoa - and chocolate factory founded in 1840 by Gerard Bensdorp in Amsterdam. The company was originally a chocolate processing company.

In 1866 a second factory was built in Bussum. In 1926 the Amsterdam factory was closed and production moved entirely to Bussum. Later still branches in Austria ( Vienna ) and Germany ( Cleves ) opened.

Bensdorp lost its independence in 1972 after acquisition by Unilever . The company fell into Swiss / Belgian hands in 1985 when it was bought by Barry Callebaut . Production in the Netherlands was ended and the factory in Bussum closed. Production was transferred to France.

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R Twining & Co Ld

R Twining & Co Ld

From: L'Illustration (Issue No 3778) 31 July 1915

R Twining & Co Ltd

The founder of Twinings was Thomas Twining. He opened Britain's first known tea room, at 216 Strand, London, in 1706; it still operates today. The firm's logo, created in 1787, is the world's oldest in continuous use. Holder of a royal warrant, Twinings has been owned by Associated British Foods since 1964. It sells a variety of regional and flavoured teas such as Lapsang Souchong, Lady Grey, and Darjeeling, as well as infusions, coffee, and hot chocolate. It is generally accepted that the company was the first to blend Earl Grey in Britain during the premiership of Charles, 2nd Earl Grey, although this is disputed by rival tea merchants Jacksons of Piccadilly, which is owned by Twinings.

Phoscao (4)

Phoscao (5)

Phoscao (1933)

Banania

Banania - Comparez Et Appréciez

From: L'Illustration (Issue No 4427) 7 January 1928

Banania

From: VU (Issue No 109) 16 April 1930

Banania (2)

From: VU (Issue No 121) 9 July 1930

Banania

Banania is a popular chocolate drink found most widely distributed in France. It is made from cocoa, banana flour, cereals, honey and sugar. There are two types of Banania available in French supermarkets: 'traditional' which must be cooked with milk for 10 minutes, and 'instant' which can be prepared in similar fashion to Nesquik

Banania - 4 Grands Concours

Banania - 4 Grands Concours (VU Version)

Sanka

Café Sanka

From VU (Issue No 101) 19 February 1930

Café Sanka - Sans Caféine

From: VU (Issue No 109) 16 April 1930

Café Sanka (1933)

From: L'Illustration (Issue No 4728) 14 October 1933

Sanka

Sanka is a brand of instant decaffeinated coffee, sold around the world, and was one of the earliest decaffeinated varieties. Decaffeinated coffee was developed in 1903 by a team of researchers led by Ludwig Roselius in Bremen, Germany. In France, the brand name "Sanka", is derived from the French words sans caféine ("without caffeine"). The brand came to the United States in 1909–1910, where it was first marketed under the name "Dekafa" or "Dekofa" by an American sales agent.In Europe, the Hag company used the Sanka brand in many countries (The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland amongst others) as a cheaper alternative to the premium brand Coffee Hag. The brand disappeared in these countries after World War II, but it continued until the 1970s as the premium brand in France. First marketed in the U.S. in 1923, Sanka was initially sold only at two Sanka Coffee Houses in New York, but it soon was brought into retail.